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Old 01-23-2018, 12:04 PM
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Mainly at Shell or Esso for the loyalty points. However, while I hate lineups, I just found out that Costco has Ethanol-free 91, so I'm going to take the hit on the lineups, and gas up there. Cheaper, too.
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Originally Posted by cadyshac
Ok, don't mean to be a dick but they take how many truckloads A DAY???
That seems impossible unless they have very small underground tanks or 100 gas pumps. I am probably wrong and sure to be told so but that seems like a lot of gas to be moving every day.
Your post was really rude, and yes you are wrong!

You live in a small city of what, 40,000 people? Try the metropolitan area of Chicago with a population of 10 million or so. Covington would be swallowed by many of our 'burbs, 23 of them with populations above 50,000.

There are 20 Costco locations in the Chicago metro area, and cars line up to get fuel there. So three deliveries, even four, in a day at a busy location is quite possible.
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93 octane non alcohol. Anywhere I can get it.
Old 01-23-2018, 04:11 PM
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Costco is first choice as it usually saves me 15 - 20 cents a litre. Gas is expensive in the great white north.
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In my wife’s ‘13 427 we run Shell premium 91 octane with no ethanol. In my ‘66 (also in our ‘56 Harley FLH) I run a mixture of BP 110 octane leaded and Shell 91 Octane. The vehicles really like what we feed them!
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Mostly 93 octane at Sunoco.
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BP 93 exclusively
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Originally Posted by the kid C6
The owner's manual recommends 91 or higher. I'd use 93 if it were available in CA.
Recommends is different from required like some turbo engine manuals say.

My LT-1 gets Costco or other Top Tiers.

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I buy my fuel at ....... a gas station.
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Costco 93 octane which is ~50 cents cheaper!
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Top Tier at Costco ...always the lowest price around
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Originally Posted by Cuckoo
I buy my fuel at ....... a gas station.
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Originally Posted by cadyshac
Ok, don't mean to be a dick but they take how many truckloads A DAY???
That seems impossible unless they have very small underground tanks or 100 gas pumps. I am probably wrong and sure to be told so but that seems like a lot of gas to be moving every day.
My dad drives fuel trucks for majority of his life, has also worked front office as well in the industry.

Costco is cheaper because they buy in bulk (like everything else). Their tanks are typically MUCH larger than standard gas stations (because they buy in bulk). Yes, they we get multiple loads a day, they do go through that much gas. When the gasline caught fire here in Alabama last year? there was a "gas shortage" Costco here was the main place with gas because they had already scheduled multiple truckloads a day to refill, so it did not cause a slow down for them.
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Originally Posted by blu_c6
costco is first choice as it usually saves me 15 - 20 cents a litre. Gas is expensive in the great white north.
wtf?
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Originally Posted by dryadsdad
wtf?
I'll translate and convert for you: Saves between .46 and .61 a gallon.
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Originally Posted by FatsWaller
I'll translate and convert for you: Saves between .46 and .61 a gallon.
I actually think he was confused about the spelling .

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Originally Posted by owc6
I actually think he was confused about the spelling .

Ah, in that case, then this explains it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre

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Old 01-26-2018, 04:03 PM
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Costco for me as well. Unless I'm on the road traveling, then it's what ever is convenient. No ARCO though.

And yes, I know my Costco gets two trucks a day. There is a line of 5-6 cars after 9am and they they have 16 pumps.
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Cheapest top tier premium I can find without driving any extra distance. Around here that's usually Quick Trip. I don't belong to any of the buying clubs and they typically have lines and are in areas with very heavy traffic so I avoid them like the plague. My preferred grocery store will have coupons for $10 off a $50 gas card almost every other week so that brings the cost significantly below the buying clubs.
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Originally Posted by z06inVB
Whatever station is close by when I need it. I dump a bottle of Techron in it at every oil change.

65k miles no issues.
Well said !!!!.....


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